Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Libretto by Cesare Sterbini

Indianapolis Opera
The Tarkington Theatre at the Center for Performing Arts
Carmel, IN
November 2024

Director: Jessica Burton
Conductor: Casey Robards
Lighting Designer: David Lapham
Projections Designer: Jessica Burton
Photos: Denis Ryan Kelly, Jr./Indianapolis Opera

The concept revolved around Looney Tunes, and the projections reflected that most.  Sunrise at the beginning of Barber of Seville. The original video was 9 minutes long. 5x faster here for example purposes:

The signs that projected as Figaro was telling the Count how to find his shop. The red background was transparent so that the town image with the moving clouds was still visible.

Basilio tells Bartolo the best way to get rid of the Count is to start rumors in the dark. The sequence starts with a hooded figure that appears, then takes over the screen. Eyes start watching from the dark, finally looking around and focusing on Basilio and Bartolo center stage at the end of the aria. In the show the eyes were yellow due to the projector being not bright enough to show the red.  This example is 4x faster than the original:

Sunset during Berta’s aria. At the end of her aria she snaps her fingers and turns on the candles. We start to see the clouds showing far off lightening in preparation for the storm. This video is 4x the speed it was presented during the opera:

Storm sequence in Act II. Once the storm is over the clouds move out and the stars twinkle in the sky.  This example is 4x faster than the original: